Lithosphere Dynamics And Sedimentary Basins Of The Arabian Plate And Surrounding Areas (frontiers In Earth Sciences)

This book focuses on the links between deep earth (mantle) and shallow processes in areas of active tectonics in the Arabian Plate and Surrounding Areas. It also provides key information for energy resources in these areas. The book is a compilation of selected papers from the Task Force of the International Lithosphere Program (ILP). It comprises a set of research studies from the Middle East, North Africa and the Mediterranean domain focusing on (1) the architecture, geodynamic evolution and modelling of the Red Sea rift system and its surroundings, and tectonics and sedimentation in the Gulf of Corinth, (2) the crustal architecture and georesources of the North Algerian Offshore, (3) Reservoirs, aquifers and fluid transfers in Saudi Basins, Petroleum systems and salt tectonics in Yemen and (4) Cretaceous-Eocene foreland inversions in Saudi Arabia. Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Crustal and Upper Mantle Structures Beneath the Arabian Shield and Red Sea....Pages 3-29 Front Matter....Pages 31-31 Architectural and Hydraulic Characteristics of Fault Zones in the Mesozoic Carbonate Formations of Central and Eastern Saudi Arabia....Pages 33-50 Optimal Aquifers and Reservoirs for CCS and EOR in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: An Overview....Pages 51-65 Tectonostratigraphic Study of Carbonate Breccias (Calciturbidites) in the Upper Triassic Baluti Formation (Northern Iraq): New Insights on Tethyan Geodynamics....Pages 67-86 Front Matter....Pages 87-87 Structural and Stratigraphic Architecture of the Corinth Rift (Greece): An Integrated Onshore to Offshore Basin-Scale Synthesis....Pages 89-120 Styles of Salt Tectonics in the Sab’atayn Basin, Onshore Yemen....Pages 121-147 The Effect of the Palmyra Trough and Mesozoic Structures on the Levant Margin and on the Evolution of the Levant Restraining Bend....Pages 149-172 Tectonic Style and Structural Features of Alpine-Himalayan Orogeny in Central Arabia....Pages 173-185 Fast-Track 2D Seismic Processing While Drilling to Ameliorate Foothills Exploration and Optimize Well Trajectory: An Example from the Central Kurdistan Region of Iraq....Pages 187-202